Michigan Law students awarded public service Skadden Fellowships

April 21, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL – Third-year Michigan Law students Cari Carson, Julie Kornfeld, and Amanda Merkwae, along with 2013 Michigan Law graduate Charlie Gerstein, have been awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowships for 2016.

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New Mexico Law student receives labor law fellowship

April 21, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – UNM Law School student Adriel Orozco (’16) recently received a 10-week summer public interest labor law from the Peggy Browning Fund. Orozco is spending the fellowship working at Friends of Farmworkers in Philadelphia, PA.

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Philadelphia Bar Association honors Widener Delaware Law student for public service

April 21, 2016

WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL – Delaware Law School congratulates third-year student Bethany Wigfield on being named a recipient of a 2015 Law Student Award from the Public Interest Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

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Widener Delaware Law student honored by bankruptcy association

April 21, 2016

WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL – Widener Law congratulates Courtney Emerson on her selection as the 2015 Third Circuit Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student by the American College of Bankruptcy.

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Recent law school graduate shares advice for paying off student loans

April 20, 2016

FORBES – Take a look at what inspired these grads to get rid of their loans fast — and how they made it happen.

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Seton Hall Law study finds minority drivers in New Jersey town are disproportionately targeted by police

April 19, 2016

WNBC (NBC NEW YORK CITY) – Minority drivers traveling in Bloomfield are disproportionately targeted by cops, the study conducted by students at Seton Hall University’s School of Law found.

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University of Washington tech law and policy clinic survey leads to new state privacy office

April 19, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON – University of Washington law students played a key role in a law passed last week that aims to better protect privacy and monitor data collection by agencies in the state.

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Drexel Law trial team wins American Association for Justice national championship

April 19, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF DREXEL – The Kline School of Law trial team, made up of third-year law students won the national finals of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition in New Orleans on April 3.

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St. Mary’s Law External Advocacy Program moot court team wins national ABA competition

April 19, 2016

ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY – St. Mary’s University School of Law students swept the championship in the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, which was held in Chicago from April 7 to April 9.

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Penn State Law civil rights appellate clinic student argues case in federal appeals court in Philadelphia

April 19, 2016

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – Third-year Penn State Law student Penelope Scudder had a rare opportunity on April 5 when she argued a case against the U.S. Department of Justice before a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

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